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Get the Point blog SharePoint for end users by Matt Evans and Tom Werner

Get the Point blog SharePoint for end users by Matt Evans and Tom Werner. Who is the SharePoint End-User Content Team?. We create end-user help for SharePoint Technologies – WSS, MOSS, and SPD

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Get the Point blog SharePoint for end users by Matt Evans and Tom Werner

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  1. Get the Point blogSharePoint for end usersby Matt Evans and Tom Werner

  2. Who is the SharePoint End-User Content Team? We create end-user help for SharePoint Technologies – WSS, MOSS, and SPD We publish articles, blogs, videos, and other content to Office Online:office.microsoft.com/sharepoint We publish to our team blog… “Get the Point” We also publish to third party sites, MSN Video, YouTube, etc.

  3. Who are SharePoint “end users”? Information Workers, business users Customers of SharePoint and SharePoint Designer Users of SharePoint site and SPD interface Users with permissions ranging from Read to Full Control (Visitors to Owners) NOT users of Central Admin interface, server admins, database admins, or developers

  4. Why a blog? A way for our team to quickly publish content and provide links to great content on the Web. Faster than Office Online. A way for our team, the product team, and stakeholders to communicate with the SharePoint end-user community A method to solicit and collect feedback from the SharePoint community so we can improve future content

  5. Basic setup of Get the Point blog Default SharePoint blog template Uses “Obsidian” site theme Lightweight customization of logo, Web Parts and navigation Hosted on Microsoft SharePoint Community Portalsharepoint.microsoft.com/blogs

  6. Basic setup cont’d: permissions • Visitors have anonymous w/Live ID auth (site collection) • Custom groups for team ownership and guest bloggers • Guest Bloggers have Contribute permissions • Members have Approve permissions (edit and approve pages, list items, and documents) • Comments list requires approval to keep spam off site

  7. Typical blog activity Average 2-3 posts per week from team members and guest bloggers Avg. comments: 40-60/mo. Avg. stats: 30,000-40,000 page views/mo. as reported by Microsoft adCenter Most popular post? Differences between WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007

  8. How we manage the blog • Rotate admin of the monthduties • Regular Office content planning dashboard and calendar • Team wiki to organize info, status, and tasks • Recruit guest bloggers internally and externally, SharePoint product team and partners

  9. Typical admin tasks Daily Approve/Delete comments Notify guest bloggers re: comments on posts Respond to comments Weekly Manage calendar Approve guest blog posts Write/Publish weekly Cool Content post

  10. Guest blogger demo

  11. Benefits of blogging on SharePoint Use our own platform, develop firsthand knowledge Apply what we already know about SharePoint and experiment New lessons become blog topics Can be highly customized like any SharePoint site (Navigation, Themes, Web Parts, etc.) Blogging is already part of your SharePoint platform

  12. Challenges of blogging on SharePoint • Most of our challenges with Live ID and SharePoint: • GUIDs instead of user names • Built-in text editor not ideal for big posts. Word or Live Writer preferred (but not an option with Live ID) • Customization challenges with master page (no SPD) • Difficulty managing blog comments… can’t respond directly to a previous comment • Difficulty embedding media. Came up with ‘erte’ workaround (from CodePlex) to allow <embed> tag

  13. Conclusion GTP helps us publish more quickly and establish closer relationships with SharePoint community What would you like to see us cover next? Our invitation to PSSPUG for guest bloggers and content partners for SharePoint 2007 and beyond

  14. Questions? Get the Point bloghttp://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blogs/GetThePoint Matt EvansSharePoint Technical Writermatteva@microsoft.com Tom WernerSharePoint Technical Writertwerner@microsoft.com

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